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Gatespan Capital Partners

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Transformational Capital for Industrial CompaniesAbout GatespanGatespan Capital Partners is a specialist private equity firm focused exclusively on the lower middle market industrial sector. We invest in North American headquartered manufacturing, services and distribution businesses serving industrial end markets.Founders John Malloy and Tim Heston bring more than 40 years of combined industrial investing experience from well-established middle market private equity firms including Industrial Growth Partners, Bertram Capital and The Edgewater Funds. Over our careers, we have collectively…

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Orbit Fuels Inc

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SMOG STAR EXPRESS is a licensed California DMV business partner specializing in smog testing and vehicle registration services. Located in Concord, California, the company operates two complete smog testing bays capable of testing any vehicle, including hybrids, RVs, and diesels. In addition to smog testing, SMOG STAR EXPRESS offers comprehensive vehicle registration services, including title and registration renewals. The company is committed to providing exceptional service to meet the needs of its clients in the automotive sector.

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Darwin

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I am leading an AI HoldCo. We acquire profitable businesses and transform them with AI Agents. We are looking at Medical Billing services businesses to add to our portfolio. We are backed by top Silicon Valley VCs.

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Phoenix Lake Partners

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Phoenix Lake partners with founders to build resilient businesses, prioritizing their legacy, empowering employees, and delivering long-term value for all stakeholders through strategic capital and operational collaboration.

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KML Growth Partners

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Stew launched KML Growth Partners to partner with founders and management teams building consumer and services businesses. He works closely with teams through the moments that define outcomes—from scaling to strategic decisions. BackgroundPrior to founding KML, Stew was a Partner at TCG and Norwest, where he led consumer and services investments, totaling over $750 million across 15 platform companies. In 2020, he was recognized by Growth Cap as a Top 40 under 40 Growth Investor.ExperienceHe has spent his career working closely with founders and management teams to support growth, navigate…

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DelanoCo

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I’m focused on identifying durable lower-middle-market services businesses, including areas like cybersecurity, energy services, and other recurring or mission-critical B2B services. The goal is to find companies where a long-term holding-company approach, thoughtful operational support, and selective use of technology can improve outcomes for owners, customers, and employees.  I’m hoping to connect with intermediaries and review relevant proprietary or lightly marketed processes.

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American Growth Partners

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AGP is a team of investor-operators based in Northern California. We each spent the past decade in financial services, including investment banking and private equity at a $4B+ AUM investment fund. At AGP, we’re applying the same growth strategies we developed as investors to small and mid-sized businesses. We target investments in services and industrial companies with $1M+ of EBITDA. AGP Website: https://american-gp.com/

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Strathmore Partners

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We acquire profitable, founder-owned B2B workflow businesses — the trusted, under-systematized companies that quietly keep their customers’ operations running. Our core focus is revenue assurance and commercial workflow infrastructure — and adjacent B2B workflow infrastructure more broadly. Representative areas include contract compliance, vendor overpayment recovery, commission and rebate reconciliation, royalty-like commercial flows, usage-based billing reconciliation, claims and admin processing, B2B data reconciliation, and compliance and legal-document workflows.

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Royal Emerge

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We are an investment group specializing in consolidating diverse industry segments. Our strategy involves acquiring well-established businesses, with a focus on partial acquisitions where the previous owners retain a percentage of equity. This approach enables us to facilitate company growth while also providing owners with the opportunity to realize some of their investments. Our interests span across various industries, and we primarily seek business owners looking for retirement or relocation opportunities.

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Fractal Investment

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Fractal Investment is a private acquisition fund focused on acquiring and operating essential businesses in manufacturing, distribution, and logistics across the Southern US. Our principals bring institutional experience from Bank of America, McKinsey, BCG, and VACE Partners, and we target established, family-owned companies in the $5-15 million enterprise value range; a segment underserved by traditional PE. With committed capital partners, we move quickly and partner with owners who want to preserve their legacy while ensuring operational continuity. If you have a business that fits…

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Laverne Holdings

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Investment holding company focused on buying and holding long term compounders with $1-5m of EBITDA and a history of profitable growth. Founded by investment principals with 15+ years of investment experience across multiple sectors including TMT, Healthcare and Consumer.

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Wearthy

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Wearthy is an e-commerce company specializing in sustainable fashion, operating primarily through online platforms. The company is dedicated to promoting sustainable and ethical investment opportunities, with a strong focus on ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) criteria. Wearthy prioritizes impact over profit, investing in companies that deliver social and environmental benefits. With a team of approximately 50 employees, Wearthy manages a portfolio of 15 companies, reflecting its commitment to fostering businesses that align with its values of sustainability and ethical responsibility.

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Align Partners LLC

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BlueLeaf is a company by Align Partners, that acquires, improves, and grows service businesses, with a particular focus on property management and yard services in the United States. By enhancing these businesses, BlueLeaf aims to ensure their continued success and sustainability, ultimately passing them on to the next generation in better shape than they were found. This approach highlights BlueLeaf's commitment to fostering growth and improvement within the service industry, ensuring that these businesses thrive under their stewardship.

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TeedUp Inc

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TEEDUP is a private equity firm creating investment opportunities for individuals looking to build wealth through alternative investments. TEEDUP invests in established, cash-flowing companies that have been in existence for 5+ years. We don’t do turnarounds. We seek to honor the company’s history by standing on the shoulders of the previous owners to bring the company into the next stage of its growth.  As of this post we have acquired 3 companies in the last 12 months.

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Matter Holdings

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What sets Matter apart is our operational expertise and industry connections. Most recently before founding Matter, we built a wireless infrastructure business at Google from the ground up and grew it to #1 in the market. For our first acquisition, we focused on wireless and wireline infrastructure, where we know and are known. That led us to a proprietary opportunity to acquire Tandem Test Solutions, a test and measurement equipment rental business serving telecom. With Tandem we've take a 'picks and shovels' approach that fit squarely into our thesis about the industry. A key deal criteria…

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Baden Capital LLC

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Baden Capital is a private investment firm focused on control investing in profitable, timeless businesses. We focus on services oriented business but also invest in niche manufacturing and consumer. Our principals combine public and private institutional investing experience with gritty, hands-on operations experience within small businesses. We are based in California and prefer to partner with businesses near us where we can get engaged and help out actively. Historically, we have raised capital from SBICs and other mezzanine-focused firms who back independent sponsors. We have an…

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Maehwa Holding Company

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Maehwa Holdings is a company that acquires and operates small businesses in the Western United States, utilizing modern systems and AI to enhance cash flow. It focuses on stable, established enterprises.

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Smithers

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Engineer-led team that automated 30+ finance workflows at Ramp and coframe, now laser-focused on modernizing private-equity fund admin.Investment focusBoutique administrators serving GP-led secondaries, NAV-loan vehicles, and continuation funds$1-10 MM ARR, ≥15 % EBITDA, >90 % client retentionNorth America or UK HQ, founder-led culture open to retaining equityWhy partner with usProprietary LLM engine cuts NAV-calc and K-1 prep time from days to minutes, lifting margins toward 40 %+Live pipeline of liquidity-solutions PE sponsors controlling >$4 B AUM who need tech-forward admins…

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SRE.ai

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We are a startup founded by ex-Google Researchers and backed by top-tier investors that is rolling up IT services companies in enterprise ecosystems. We seek to partner with MSP leaders to enable a smooth transition and provide growth.

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Alder

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Alder partners with the top property management companies across the country to provide capital and proprietary AI technology. We buy property management companies and structure the exit around what you want. We pay up to 10x EBITDA. Take a clean exit, or stay on and keep growing with us behind you.

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